over the edge
idiom
: into a mental or emotional state that makes someone completely lose control
His friends worried that the news might send/drive/push him over the edge.
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Lay your arm flat on a table or desk with your wrist hanging over the edge.
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Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
Line an 8-inch square metal baking pan with parchment paper, allowing excess to hang over the edge.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2025
SiriusXM’s Chris Russo is struggling with the condition, and having longtime Chiefs fan Caitlin Clark sitting with Taylor Swift at Saturday’s AFC Divisional playoff game apparently pushed him over the edge.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
The practice started in the 1870s back when the owner of the former Glacier Point Hotel would kick embers from the lodge’s campfire over the edge each night.
—Lyndsey Matthews, AFAR Media, 21 Jan. 2025
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Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2025
Line an 8-inch square metal baking pan with parchment paper, allowing excess to hang over the edge.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2025
SiriusXM’s Chris Russo is struggling with the condition, and having longtime Chiefs fan Caitlin Clark sitting with Taylor Swift at Saturday’s AFC Divisional playoff game apparently pushed him over the edge.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 Jan. 2025
The practice started in the 1870s back when the owner of the former Glacier Point Hotel would kick embers from the lodge’s campfire over the edge each night.
—Lyndsey Matthews, AFAR Media, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Over the edge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20the%20edge. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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